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Chocolate Banana Cupcakes Recipe

This version of the Chocolate Banana Cupcake is so moist and delicious, largely because of the pudding in the cake recipe.

To make this recipe even more mouthwatering, there’s fruit filling! Everyone loves the flavor of these banana cupcakes. Why not make a batch of these cupcakes to snack on this afternoon?

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What You Need to Make Chocolate Banana Cupcakes

Gather your ingredients. To make the cupcakes, you will need flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt, sugar, vanilla, vegetable oil, eggs, milk, sour cream, and banana cream pudding mix.

For the apple mixture that goes inside the cupcakes, you’ll need apples of your choice, water, and sugar.

To make the frosting, you’ll need unsalted sweet cream butter, powdered sugar, imitation banana extract, heavy whipping cream, yellow food coloring, caramel for drizzle on top, along with 2-3 bananas depending on size. You’ll need 18 banana slices, 1/2 – 3/4 inches. 

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How to Make the Cupcakes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cupcake liners in a cupcake pan.

Add dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Sift together.

Mix vegetable oil, milk, and eggs together, beating until totally combined.

Add vanilla and sour cream. Mix well.

Once the liquid ingredients are fully combined, mix the liquid and dry ingredients until they are well combined.

Pour batter into lined pan until 3/4 full, and bake at 350° degrees for 15-18 minutes.

Let cool for 15-20 minutes. Once completely cool, use a small scooper or spoon and scoop a hole in the center of the cupcake.

How to Make the Apple Filling

Peel, core, and chop apples into small pieces. Add water, apples, and sugar to a pot and cook on the stove until the apple chunks become tender.

Cool the apple mixture in the refrigerator overnight or for several hours. Fill the hole made with the cupcake scooper with the chunky cooked apples.

How to Make the Frosting

Mix soft butter with sugar using a hand mixer or a stand-up mixer until they look like small rock pebbles.

Add whipping cream and continue to beat at medium speed.

Add two drops of yellow food coloring and imitation banana extract. Continue to mix until the frosting stands in stiff peaks.

If the peaks aren’t stiff enough, add powdered sugar at 1/2 C  at a time until the peaks form and stand.

Apply the frosting to the cupcakes in a pastry bag with tip. (This Wilton pastry bag is the one I use.)

Drizzle with caramel and a thick banana slice on top.

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Chocolate Banana Cupcakes Recipe

These chocolate and banana cupcakes are easy to make and so delicious. Don't let the pretty frosting intimidate you. You can do this!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Additional Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 58 minutes
Servings: 18
Calories: 412kcal

Ingredients

For Cupcakes

  • 2 C flour
  • 1 C cocoa
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 C granulated sugar
  • 1 TBSP vanilla extract
  • 3/4 C vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs room temp
  • 1/2 C milk
  • 1 C sour cream
  • 1 3.4 oz banana cream pudding

For the Cooked Apples

  • 4 apples of your choice
  • 2 C water
  • 1/2 C Sugar

For Frosting

  • 1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter
  • 2 C powdered sugar
  • 3 tsp of imitation banana extract
  • 2 TBSP heavy whipping cream
  • 2 drops yellow food coloring
  • Caramel for drizzle on top
  • 2 large bananas

Instructions

To Make Cupcakes

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cupcake liners in a cupcake tin.
  • Add dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Sift together.
  • Mix liquid ingredients together. Once the liquid ingredients are fully combined, mix the liquid and dry ingredients together.
  • Add eggs to the mixture, beating until totally combined.
  • Pour batter into lined pan until 3/4 full, and bake at 350° degrees for 15-18 minutes.
  • Let cool for 15-20 minutes. Once completely cool, use a small scooper or spoon and scoop a hole in the center of the cupcake.

For the Apple Filling

  • Peel, core, and chop apples into small pieces. Add water, apples, and sugar to a pot and cook on stove until the apple chunks become tender.
  • Cool apple mixture in the refrigerator overnight or for several hours. Fill the hole made with the cupcake scooper with the chunky cooked apples.

For the Frosting

  • Mix soft butter with sugar in stand up mixer until they look like small rock pebbles. Add whipping cream and continue to beat at medium speed. Add 2 drops yellow food coloring.
  • Add in the imitation banana extract. Continue to mix until frosting stands in stiff peaks.
  • If the peaks aren’t stiff enough, add powdered sugar at 1/2 C  at a time until the peaks form and stand.
  • Apply the frosting to cupcakes in a pastry bag with tip.
  • Drizzle with caramel and a thick banana slice on top.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 412kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 64mg | Sodium: 177mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 39g
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  1. Hi! These look fun! I am confused about the apple filling though – is that supposed be in this recipe? I could see the flavors complementing okay but I know the classic “chunky monkey” is banana and chocolate (and walnuts). Just wanted to clarify about the apples.